Conference: 2020-02-28

125 cases — 0 granted, 125 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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18-309 Lonnie Swartz v. Araceli Rodriguez, Individually and as the Surviving Mother and Personal Representative of J. A. Ninth Circuit GVR CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (4) bivens bivens-remedy bivens-v-six-unknown-named-agents border-security cross-border-shooting extraterritorial-application foreign-relations fourth-amendment qualified-immunity separation-of-powers Whether the panel's decision to create an implied remedy for damages under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S…
18-7105 Tavaris Jemario Hunter v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP acca begay-v-united-states categorical-approach circuit-split elonis-v-united-states mens-rea second-fifth-ninth-circuits serious-drug-offense staples-v-united-states statutory-interpretation strict-liability Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine or possession of cocaine with intent to sell in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a 'serious drug offense…
18-7797 Coree Patrick v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach conduct-based-approach drug-conviction drug-offense predicate-conviction predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement state-conviction statutory-interpretation Whether a prior state conviction for a drug offense qualifies as a predicate conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)
18-7833 Jerome Hayes v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP begay begay-v-united-states categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-statute mens-rea serious-drug-offense staples staples-v-united-states strict-liability Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine or possession of cocaine with intent to sell in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a 'serious drug offense…
18-8380 Woodrow Pressey, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP 924(e)(2)(A)(ii) acca acca-predicate armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-enhancement criminal-history drug-conviction drug-offenses florida-statute florida-statute-893.13 predicate-offense prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses Whether prior convictions under Fla. Stat. §893.13 qualify as 'serious drug offenses' for purposes of the ACCA, §924(e)(2)(A)(ii)
18-8447 Javis Wilson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP acca acca-predicate armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split drug-offense elonis-v-united-states mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation strict-liability united-states-v-smith Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erroneously concluded that Petitioner's Fla. Stat. § 893.13 drug offense qualifies…
18-9164 Antonio Muro, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction objection procedural-requirement reasonableness reasonableness-standard sentencing Whether a formal objection after pronouncement of sentence is necessary to invoke appellate reasonableness review of the length of a defendant's sente…
18-9296 In Re Allen J. Dannewitz, Jr. Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment ada-violation civil-rights civil-rights-deprivation due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment guardianship guardianship-rights judicial-procedure jurisdiction standing Whether ward was ever incapacitated
18-9547 Antwan Bernard Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP acca acca-serious-drug-offense armed-career-criminal-act drug-offense eleventh-circuit elonis-v-united-states franklin-v-united-states mens-rea resisting-officer sentencing-enhancement strict-liability united-states-v-smith violent-felony Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erroneously concluded that Petitioner's Fla. Stat. § 893.13 drug offenses qualify …
18-9772 William Jerome Howard, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 21-usc-841 cocaine-possession controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-offenses federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines felony-drug-offense florida florida-drug-law mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 Whether the Florida offenses of sale of cocaine under Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1)(a)(1) and possession of cocaine under Fla. Stat. § 893.13(6)(a) are 'felo…
18-9796 Anthony Bernard Jimerson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP acca career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance-offense mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a 'controlled substance offense' as defined in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) i…
19-1019 Texas, et al. v. California, et al. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued affordable-care-act affordable-care-act-aca congress congressional-intent constitutional-interpretation due-process health-insurance individual-mandate severability standing tax Whether the unconstitutional individual mandate to purchase minimum essential coverage is severable from the remainder of the ACA
19-229 C. D., By and Through Her Parents, M. D. and P. D., et al. v. Natick Public School District, et al. First Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split due-process educational-placement individuals-with-disabilities-education-act least-restrictive-environment mainstreaming mainstreaming-mandate regular-classes special-education supplementary-aids-and-services supplementary-aids-services When does a school district's decision to educate a child with disabilities outside the regular classroom violate the IDEA's mainstreaming mandate?
19-28 Kenneth Daniels v. United States Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2) aggravated-felony armed-career-criminal-act attempt controlled-substances-act criminal-attempt drug-distribution immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law solicitation uniform-administration Whether solicitation can by itself constitute an 'attempt' within the meaning of the Controlled Substances Act
19-296 Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (7)Relisted (5) administrative-law chevron-deference criminal-law deference due-process judicial-review overrule rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation waiver Whether Chevron deference takes precedence over the rule of lenity
19-5037 Gilberto Villanueva, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act criminal-statute descamps-v-united-states district-court-fact-finding felon-in-possession johnson-descamps-precedent johnson-v-united-states mens-rea Should the District Court be allowed to find the facts necessary in order to qualify defendant as an Armed Career Criminal or should precedent such as…
19-5247 Charles Michael Hedlund v. Arizona Arizona Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eddings-v-oklahoma habeas-corpus jury-trial sentencing Whether the correction of error under Eddings v. Oklahoma requires resentencing
19-5309 William Dante Mitchell v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearms-violation habeas-corpus sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court violent-felony Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States
19-5410 Charles Borden, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (7)Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act due-process mens-rea recklessness retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation use-of-force Does the 'use of force' clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the 'ACCA'), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with a mens rea of mere rec…
19-547 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. v. Sierra Club, Inc. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) agency-action agency-discretion deliberative-process-privilege document-disclosure draft-documents endangered-species-act freedom-of-information-act interagency-consultation Whether Exemption 5 of the Freedom of Information Act protects against compelled disclosure a federal agency's draft documents prepared as part of a f…
19-5478 Wilfredo Roy Madrigal v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP acca career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance-offense eleventh-circuit mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine or possession with intent to sell cocaine in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a 'controlled substance of…
19-5480 Andrew Dorsey v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP acca cocaine criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses florida florida-statute possession sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a Florida conviction for selling cocaine, delivering cocaine, or possessing cocaine with the intent to sell or deliver it, in violation of Fla…
19-550 Kimberly Watso, et al. v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure chevron-deference child-services civil-rights federal-preemption indian-child-welfare-act parental-custody state-agency-rules tribal-jurisdiction tribal-rights Whether the lower court improperly deferred to the Indian Child Services Department Manual over state agency rules and interpretations of the Indian C…
19-5575 Antwaine Enta Yarbrough v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus precedent sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States
19-5601 Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felony felony-status firearms firearms-possession indictment-requirements interstate-commerce knowledge mens-rea prior-conviction statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) provides for criminal penalties for felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of their…
19-572 Ravneet Singh v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied civil-procedure due-process evidence harmless-error jury jury-instructions standard-of-review standing sufficiency-of-evidence Whether, upon invalidating one of two alternative theories of liability presented to a jury, the reviewing court should ask if there is 'sufficient ev…
19-5789 Jamar Lynn McMillan v. United States Third Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP career-offender career-offender-enhancement categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense pennsylvania-law predicate-offense rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines third-circuit Does the categorical approach apply in determining whether an offense qualifies as a predicate for the career-offender enhancement under the Sentencin…
19-592 County Commissioners of Carroll County, Maryland v. Maryland Department of the Environment Maryland Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) clean-water-act municipal-separate-storm-sewer-system nonpoint-source nonpoint-source-runoff npdes npdes-permit permitting point-source-discharge stormwater stormwater-discharge third-party-discharges Can responsibility for nonpoint source runoff and third parties' stormwater discharges be imposed upon a local government under the Clean Water Act th…
19-5923 Jamaar Danglo Hayes v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether the determination of a 'serious drug offense' under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA or Act) requires the same categorical approach used in…
19-6078 Terreall McDaniel v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c appeal armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does Section 403 of the First Step Act apply to a defendant when his appeal is still pending?
19-6148 Cornelius Lorenzo Wilson v. Dennis Grimes, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment medical-care monell-doctrine monell-liability municipal-jail municipal-liability prison-conditions prisoner-rights serious-medical-need systemic-underfunding Does systemic underfunding and understaffing of a municipal jail that knowingly causes significant delays for prisoners receiving access to outside me…
19-6153 Davontah Lee Nelson v. Sherry L. Burt, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts jurisdiction standing Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its decision that conflicts with federal procedures and precedents
19-6213 Marcus Bartholomew Booker v. Texas Texas Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-habeas post-conviction-habeas-corpus right-to-access state-court-proceedings trial-ineffectiveness trial-records Does an indigent defendant have a right to access to a free Clerk's and Reporter's Records in a state post-conviction habeas corpus proceeding when th…
19-6230 Claudius L. Fincher v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process factual-question jury-determination jury-trial mandatory-minimum safety-valve safetyvalve-statute sentencing sixth-amendment Does the district court's resolution of a contested factual question under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) (safety-valve statute) for the purpose of determining w…
19-6249 Michael Terrill Faircloth v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-922g1 affirmative-defense circuit-split criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession innocent-possession safe-streets-act transitory-possession Whether a felon may assert an affirmative defense of innocent, transitory possession when charged as a felon-in-possession of a firearm under § 922(g)…
19-6337 Monica Birch-Min v. Middlesex County Board of Social Services, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-agencies guardianship judicial-review senior-citizens Whether the US Supreme Court will permit Government agencies to take away Senior Citizens' Constitutional Rights for due process and the necessity of …
19-6405 Ernest Vereen, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act divisible-statute due-process felon-in-possession innocent-transitory-possession record-ambiguity sentencing sentencing-court transitory-possession violent-felony Whether a sentencing court may look to disputed facts in the record to determine whether a prior conviction qualifies as a violent felony under the Ar…
19-6457 D. B. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-welfare civil-rights civil-rights-discrimination due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment parental-rights religious-freedom Whether the Texas district court violated the Petitioner's Federal Civil Rights
19-6470 Darrell Lamar Marshall v. George Caram Steeh, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights deprivation district-judge due-process federal-law human-services social-security Did United States District Judge, George C. Steeh, the Social Security Administration, Michigan Department of Human Services, Rehabilitation Services,…
19-6537 Christopher Everson v. Theresa Lantz, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules final-judgment frivolous frivolous-standard hearing judicial-discretion prima-facie-case rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing Can the frivolous standard of Title 28 U.S. Code section 1915 (e) (2) (B) (i) and (ii) be applied to a subsequent appeal of a decision on a motion for…
19-6596 Wylmina Hettinga v. Timothy P. Loumena California Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-sanction civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process passport passport-suspension standing state-court-jurisdiction state-courts suspension vexatious-litigant Can the state courts levy Petitioner's joint bank accounts, freeze her safety-deposit box, suspend her California clear teaching credential, and suspe…
19-6675 Michael Ray Bishop v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance-offense enumerated-offense-clause sentencing-guidelines serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether an offense-matching categorical approach applies to the determination of a 'controlled substance offense' under the Sentencing Guidelines?
19-675 Bank of America Corporation, et al. v. City of Miami, Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1) causal-chain civil-rights directness-principles fair-housing-act injury injury-recovery proximate-cause standing statutory-violation Whether the Fair Housing Act's proximate-cause element requires more than just some 'logical bond' between a statutory violation and the claimed injur…
19-6773 Edgar Ortega-Limones v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
19-688 Wells Fargo & Co., et al. v. City of Miami, Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1) civil-procedure civil-rights fair-housing-act legal-causation private-litigation proximate-cause standing statutory-interpretation statutory-violation tort-liability Whether proximate cause in private litigation about the Fair Housing Act requires more than a 'logical bond' between the alleged statutory violation a…
19-689 Mark Chapman, et al. v. ACE American Insurance Company Eleventh Circuit Denied certification civil-procedure duty-to-defend insurance-coverage statutory-interpretation statutory-rights substance-abuse summary-judgment Whether the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion by requiring allegations not contained in Chapter 397 and by denying petitioners' motion to certify…
19-6910 Alfred T. Moliere v. Texas Texas Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey article-42.013 constitutional-rights criminal-penalties criminal-penalty family-violence firearm-possession jury-determination jury-trial right-to-bear-arms unconstitutional Whether Article 42.013 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure contravenes Apprendi v. New Jersey by requiring judges, not juries, to make family-viol…
19-7064 Johanna Beanblossom v. Bay District Schools Florida Denied IFP amendment civil-procedure complaint-amendment due-process due-process-amendment employment-law first-amendment retaliation school-employment summary-judgment Absent unfair delay or futility, does fundamental due process require that a Plaintiff be allowed to amend a complaint at least once before a Court's …
19-7091 Alan Matthew Champagne v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP None
19-7101 David Nowakowski v. E.E. Austin and Son, Inc., et al. Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-organizations criminal-procedure criminal-racketeering due-process inchoate-crimes legal-remedies legislative-interpretation organized-crime pro-se pro-se-litigation racketeering standing statutory-construction Where a plaintiff's position falls within the scope of an open Legislative statement, can the open ended nature of the statement be used to offset lon…
19-7108 Devell Moore v. Robert LeGrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection fair-trial jury-selection ninth-circuit peremptory-challenges purkett-v-elem trial-procedure Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability on Moore's claim he was denied equal protection of the law, and a fair trial…
19-7110 Robert W. Johnson v. Colleen McMahon, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bribery civil-procedure civil-rights due-process insurance-fraud standing Question not identified
19-7111 Robert W. Johnson v. Kevin S. Portnoy, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection insurance rico standing statutory-interpretation texas-department-of-insurance Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment in the handling of his insurance claims against the…
19-7120 Gilbert Sanchez v. Texas Texas Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington criminal-appeals criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus in-re-winship jury-trial right-to-trial-by-jury sixth-amendment texas-constitution Is the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution violated when the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denies an Applicant habeas relief base…
19-7122 Vinodh Raghubir v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Dismissed IFP access-to-courts attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief standing takings Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the lower court dismissed his petition for writ of habeas corpus
19-7124 Derwin Lee Butler v. California California Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions post-trial-hearing right-to-call-witnesses stipulation trial-court-error trial-error trial-procedure witness-testimony Does a criminal defendant become deprived of his constitutional rights when the trial court fails to read an agreed upon stipulation and instruction t…
19-7129 Brian Moore v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied IFP consent-form consent-to-search fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-rights motel-room oath-administration probable-cause search-and-seizure state-courts telephonic-warrant warrant-validity Whether the Petitioner's Fourth Amendment right was violated where a consent-to-search form indicates it was signed AFTER the search and seizure occur…
19-714 Pennsylvania v.William R. Landis, Jr. Pennsylvania Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) blueford-v-arkansas criminal-procedure diminished-capacity double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause lesser-included-offense mens-rea murder murder-charges poland-v-arizona precedent retrial Did the Superior Court of Pennsylvania err in finding that the reinstatement of Murder in the Third Degree upon the award of a new trial violated the …
19-7140 Antonio Medrano Ortiz v. George T. Solomon, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process excessive-force judicial-review medical-care medical-rule standing statute-of-limitations statutory-limitations Where the District Court erred by dismissing my original complaint as time-barred by statutes of limitations
19-7143 In Re Steven Darby McDonald Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process inmate-deaths inmate-rights judicial-misconduct medical-care medical-malpractice ninth-circuit-court prison-conditions pro-se-brief standing Why is the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Western District of Washington allowed to act as the right arm of the DOC?
19-7157 Mother v. Lorain County Children Services Ohio Denied IFP abuse-neglect administrative-law child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law federalism jurisdiction parental-rights separation-of-powers Did Lorain County Children Services violate Parents' rights?
19-7158 Isaac Montanez v. McDean, LLC Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection free-speech retaliation voting-rights wrongful-termination Whether the defendant was discriminated against on the basis of race in the denial of their right to vote
19-7160 Ernest J. Espinoza v. Matt A. Ashe, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process free-speech patent. standing takings appeal case-statement civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process filing-deadlines jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court writ-petition Whether civil-procedure rules (including appeal windows) take precedence over statutory filing deadlines
19-7162 Carlos Juan Negron v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure document-submission due-process filing habeas-corpus houston-v-lack judicial-procedure legal-filing prison prison-filing prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations timeliness Whether a document when placed in the hands of prison officials hands for mailing pursuant to Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.…
19-7168 Tracy Eugene Johnson v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP burglary constitutional-rights Direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel Failure-to-prove-essential-elements-of-offense fourteenth-amendment Fourteenth-Amendment-due-process Post-trial-motion reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Sixth-Amendment-right-to-effective-assistance-of-c Whether petitioner was denied his Sixth Amendment constitutional right to the effective assistance of appellate counsel
19-7181 Anna Bell v. Oregon Health & Science University Oregon Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 7th-amendment access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-trial pro-se-representation right-to-counsel right-to-jury-trial self-representation Does denying a pro se individual or public a proper course of justice by a Court violate prior U.S. Supreme Court rulings and The Ninth Amendment to t…
19-7184 Stanley Brewer v. Robert F. Cunningham, Superintendent, Fishkill Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment conflict-of-interest due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-bias judicial-misconduct miller-el-standard prosecutorial-misconduct Did the United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit misapply the ruling in Miller-El v. Cockrell?
19-7186 James R. Young v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP bivens bivens-claim civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-review fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis inmate-rights property property-theft standing Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals abuse Petitioner's 5th Amendment due-process right to be heard on his Bivens claim on appeal by summarily di…
19-7241 William Gene Cox, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-assault civil-rights confidential-informant confidential-informants constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement pretext search-and-seizure unreasonable-search Should law enforcement be allowed to utilize armed assaults by confidential informants as pretext for circumventing the Fourth Amendment guarantee aga…
19-7277 Dora Moreira v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fine ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct question-not-identified section-2255 sixth-amendment Whether the Court of Appeals created an irreconcilable conflict with precedential decisions by denying a certificate of appealability on a motion to v…
19-7284 Bobby Y. Wallace, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-deference certificate-of-appealability criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment federalism gross-disproportionality habitual-offender insufficient-evidence jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-review no-evidence proportionality-review sentencing state-court-decisions Could reasonable jurists debate whether the state court decision to affirm Petitioner's sentence is contrary to or an unreasonable application of the …
19-7297 Christopher J. Burton v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment collateral-consequences criminal-justice criminal-procedure deportation due-process professional-assistance sexually-violent-predator strickland-v-washington voluntary-plea Whether civil commitment proceedings are sufficiently similar to deportation proceedings such that the distinction between collateral and direct conse…
19-7329 Jamaar Jerome Williams v. Jo Gentry, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi-witnesses habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review post-conviction-litigation post-conviction-relief prejudice prejudice-analysis Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it concluded Williams had failed to establish prejudice under Martinez v. Ryan because the record clearly shows W…
19-7357 Chris Fordham v. Corrections Officer Manzola, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-remedies fourth-circuit judicial-procedure procedural-dismissal section-1983 standing Whether the USDC-EDAO erred in deciding that Plaintiff-Petitioner failed to exhaust and dismissing without prejudice Petitioner's § 1982 Complaint aft…
19-7372 Saundra Taylor v. District of Columbia District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-of-appeals discovery-rule due-process due-process,civil-procedure,statute-of-limitations judicial-review motion-to-dismiss notice statute-of-limitations Is the judgment of October 29, 2019, of the District of District Court of Appeals (DCCA) according to the law?
19-7376 Alice C. Trappler v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof confrontation-clause conspiracy criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture hearsay hearsay-exception legal-insufficiency sixth-amendment waiver Whether the automatic waiver and permanent forfeiture of legal insufficiency claims due to trial counsel's failure to move to dismiss on those grounds…
19-7399 Frederick Charles Harris, II v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law asset-seizure civil-procedure due-process irs jurisdiction tax-law Why was my demand denied when the defendant, the Commissioner of the IRS, admitted in writing that they didn't have jurisdiction to take my assets?
19-7427 Rodolfo Perez-Jimenez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure deference due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors?
19-7435 In Re Robert N. Brooks Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process due-process-clause fdic-insured fifth-amendment grand-jury grand-jury-clause indictment indictment-clause notice-clause sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction whether-a-manifest-miscarriage-of-justice-occurred
19-7437 Tony Sparks v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fifth-circuit juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-rule miller-v-alabama montgomery-retroactivity montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity sentencing Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in concluding that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Miller v. Alabama does not extend to sentences imposed upon ju…
19-7446 Enrique A. Echeverria-Benitez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-circuit illegal-reentry plain-error retribution sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Whether the imposition of consecutive sentences for illegal reentry and revocation of supervised release was unreasonable and constituted reversible e…
19-7450 George Maurice Steele v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause confrontation-right criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment revocation-hearing sentencing supervised-release witness-testimony Whether the district court erred by allowing testimony at the revocation hearing that violated Mr. Steele's Fifth Amendment due process right to confr…
19-7454 Kenneth James Barfield v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-32 due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-circuit gall-v-united-states guidelines preponderance-of-evidence presentence-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-watts Where the Government offers no evidence at sentencing in response to an objection to a factual assertion in the presentence report that increases a se…
19-7457 Rogelio Villarreal-Estebis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP complete-defense criminal-conviction criminal-procedure drug-trafficking evidence-exclusion federal-rule-of-evidence-403 right-to-defense rule-403 sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-rights vehicle-ownership Whether the Fifth Circuit's decision to affirm the trial court's refusal to admit the evidence was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable applicatio…
19-7458 Kaleb Jermaine Myers v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts federal-criminal-law hobbs-act legal-standard statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)
19-7460 David Wright v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-general-discretion civil-rights constitutional-review constitutional-rights-4th-amendment due-process fisa-surveillance foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act national-security standing surveillance terrorism terrorism-conspiracy warrantless-search warrantless-surveillance Whether FISA's emergency provision is unconstitutional
19-7467 Frankie Beqiraj v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-presence due-process jury-selection peremptory-challenges right-to-be-present waiver Whether a defendant has a constitutional right to be present during a conference at which the parties exercise their peremptory challenges to strike p…
19-7477 Raul Mejia v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony fair-trial fourth-amendment franks-hearing search-and-seizure trial-fairness warrant warrant-validity Was petitioner's truck illegally searched due to an invalid warrant? Was petitioner improperly denied a Franks hearing? Did Officer Carbajal testify a…
19-7478 Daniel Pye v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights due-process false-testimony giglio-v-united-states government-disclosure-obligations napue-v-illinois Whether a federal agent's assurance to Haitian-citizen witnesses constituted a 'promise or offer' under Brady-Giglio-Napue
19-7486 Michael Lindsay v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2423c commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-safeguards due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-regulation foreign-commerce foreign-commerce-clause non-commercial-conduct police-power united-states-v-lopez united-states-v-morrison Does 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c)'s regulation of non-commercial, non-economic conduct of American citizens outside the United States exceed Congress's Foreign…
19-7490 Omar Ernesto Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appeal conclusory-statements criminal-procedure fourth-amendment human-smuggling investigatory-stop law-enforcement law-enforcement-database reasonable-suspicion Whether the district court and Ninth Circuit erred in relying on factually unsupported statements in determining reasonable suspicion for an investiga…
19-7492 Inger L. Jensen v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 abuse-of-discretion evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-28-usc-2255 harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review Whether the district court erred in denying an evidentiary hearing on petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claim
19-7494 Ricky Lynn Thomas v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-usc-20913(d) constitutional-limits executive-branch gundy gundy-precedent legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation Whether this Court should revisit its broad nondelegation doctrine precedent and, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an unconstituti…
19-7507 Tommy Gurule v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment consent consent-search detention fourth-amendment passenger-rights passengers search-and-seizure traffic-stop vehicle-search If the driver of a car consents to its search, may officers frisk non-consenting passengers and detain them for the duration of the search?
19-7510 Francis Damien Block v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
19-7512 Jose Luis Urias-Marquez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure discretionary-review federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation rule-11 supervisory-powers united-states-court-of-appeals united-states-v-lee Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit conflicts with the decision of the D.C. Circuit on an important matte…
19-7514 Ekanem Kurfreobon Essien v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-street-gang due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit-review reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement street-terrorism-enforcement-and-prevention-act sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying petitioner's habeas petition
19-7518 Baltazar Reyes Garcia, Angel Serrano Carreno, and Hector Contreras Ibarra v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-procedure criminal-procedure defendant-rights district-court-discretion due-process juror-bias juror-inquiry juror-safety jury-bias jury-inquiry ninth-circuit-precedent standing Whether a district court must hold a requested jury inquiry after a juror makes statements indicating the juror has a potential source of bias because…
19-7519 Ericka Hernandez-Nunez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-detection criminal-procedure exculpatory-evidence fourth-amendment holistic-analysis inculpatory-evidence law-enforcement motion-to-suppress reasonable-inference reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure Whether the Fourth Amendment requirement of reasonableness requires that a determination of reasonable suspicion be based upon an explicit identificat…
19-7522 Dedrick Matthews v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP and whether the admission of blood test results w birchfield-precedent birchfield-v-north-dakota causation causation-analysis criminal-procedure fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicular-homicide vehicular-negligence Was defendant's conduct a substantial factor in causing the victim's death or serious bodily injury, when the accident would have occurred without it?
19-7540 Random Jackson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 attorney-abandonment attorney-neglect confrontation-clause due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus holland-v-florida ineffective-assistance postconviction-proceedings reasonable-diligence state-postconviction Whether the Petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling
19-7564 In Re Michael Dewayne Seibert Denied IFP criminal-procedure death-penalty-case due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge pro-se-representation resentencing resentencing-hearing void-judgment Can a defendant raise a claim of fraud on the court pro se when their counsel refuses to do so?
19-7643 In Re Stephen Daniel Leonard Denied IFP 6th-amendment administrative-hearing administrative-procedure article-iv compulsory-process constitutional-rights disciplinary-proceeding disciplinary-proceedings due-process equal-protection judicial-proceedings liberty liberty-interest privileges-and-immunities witness-testimony Did the State of Florida violate Petitioner's protected rights
19-806 Michael S. Barth v. Township of Bernards, New Jersey, et al. New Jersey Denied Response Waived certiorari-review civil-procedure constitutional-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction legal-precedent procedural-due-process standing supreme-court-review takings tax truck-council Whether to revisit or distinguish National Private Truck Council, Inc. v. Oklahoma Tax Commission, 515 U.S. 582 (1995) and General Motors Corp. v. Cit…
19-808 Leibundguth Storage & Van Service, Inc. v. Village of Downers Grove, Illinois Seventh Circuit Denied commercial-speech content-based content-based-speech first-amendment free-speech government-restriction reed-v-gilbert reed-v-town-of-gilbert strict-scrutiny Should strict scrutiny review apply to government restrictions on commercial speech that do not apply to non-commercial speech?
19-810 Avtar S. Badwal v. Ramandeep Badwal, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights divorce due-process judicial-bias judicial-complaint matrimonial matrimonial-law section-1983 Can the Petitioner request and receive a new trial from the Matrimonial Judge in a Divorce case whom acted against him with bias because he filed a ju…
19-817 Annette Shands v. Lakeland Central School District, et al. Second Circuit Denied age age-discrimination civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination fourteenth-amendment gender intentional-obstruction race race-discrimination school-district-liability Whether the guarantee of the Fourteenth Amendment applicable against Lakeland Central School District in Shrub Oak, New York, and its Assistant Superi…
19-821 Isaac M. Nsejjere v. Reuben Smith, et ux. Washington Denied constitutional-law constitutional-rights deprivation deprivation-of-rights due-process equal-protection legal-principles state-action unequal-protection Is a state action constitutional when it leads to deprivation by denying a process that is 'due', and premised on unequal protection under the law?
19-840 California, et al. v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (14)Response WaivedRelisted (2) affordable-care-act article-iii-standing congress-power constitutional-challenge due-process minimum-coverage-provision severability standing tax-power taxation Whether the individual and state plaintiffs in this case have established Article III standing to challenge the minimum coverage provision in Section …
19-853 Sandra R., et al. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety Arizona Denied Response Waived child-custody clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-standard due-process family-law parental-rights state-action state-intervention termination Whether the Due Process Clause requires a State to allege and prove a parent's unfitness by clear and convincing evidence to terminate parental rights
19-866 Emmanuel E. Ubinas-Brache v. Surgery Center of Texas, LP Texas Denied Response Waived anti-kickback-statute healthcare-fraud limited-partnership medicaid medicare partnership-agreement preemption state-contract-law surgical-center Does applying state contract law to enforce a partnership agreement's clause permitting expulsion 'for any reason or no reason' obstruct Congress's ef…
19-927 Wayne M. Klocke, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Thomas Klocke v. The University of Texas at Arlington Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof circuit-split disciplinary-action educational-programming gender-discrimination title-ix university-discipline university-liability Whether the Fifth Circuit incorrectly implemented Title IX by imposing a burden on the plaintiff to prove the exclusion from educational programming w…
19-928 Kenneth Fernandez Johnson, Jr. v. Sadie Darnell, Sheriff, Alachua County, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights-statute due-process false-arrest false-imprisonment favorable-termination fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution probable-cause Whether the Fourth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated due to false arrest, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution under 42…
19-942 Laurel Zuckerman, as Ancillary Administratrix of the Estate of Alice Leffmann v. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Second Circuit Denied Amici (7)Response Waived art-restitution civil-rights holocaust-expropriated-art-recovery-act holocaust-expropriation laches laches-defense nazi-persecution property-recovery statute-of-limitations unclean-hands Whether the nonstatutory defense of laches may bar an action to recover artwork lost because of Nazi persecution, where that action has been brought w…
19-944 Scott A. Seldin v. Theodore M. Seldin, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration civil-procedure functus-officio jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar law-of-the-case mandate-rule rule-of-mandate statutory-interpretation trust-accounting Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of a narrow statutory trust accounting action
19-952 Michael David Goodwin v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-client-relationship change-of-plea criminal-defendant criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance local-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether an attorney's presence as local counsel, for a criminal defendant's re-arraignment and change of plea, yet having no attorney-client relations…
19-954 Brian E. Harriss v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived amendment-xvi civil-rights constitutional constitutional-interpretation direct-taxation due-process income-tax ninth-circuit standing statutory tax tax-law Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in recharacterizing the petitioner's right to refute the presumptive evidence of the Commissioner's correctness
19-965 Kenin L. Edwards v. Michael L. Atterberry, et al. Illinois Denied Response Waived administrative-law appeal conviction criminal-jurisdiction due-process illinois-supreme-court jurisdictional-challenge sentencing Whether it is a violation of due process for the Illinois Supreme Court to abstain from addressing criminal jurisdiction over Petitioner
19-969 John M. Marshall, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived creditor-rights federal-law property-transfer recharacterization state-law stern-v-commissioner tax-law tax-liability transaction-recharacterization Whether state law or federal law governs the recharacterization of a transaction for federal tax liability purposes
19-973 Brian D. Swanson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived apportionment capital capital-tax constitutional-taxation direct-tax federal-tax-return income-classification income-tax rule-12(b)(6) tax-refund May the Respondent collect a direct tax on Petitioner's capital without going through the rule of apportionment?
19A748 David Goad v. Gary L. Steel, Judge, et al. Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M103 Linda S. Elam, et vir v. Aurora Loan Services, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M104 Arthur L. Hairston, Sr. v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M105 Marlon R. Miller v. United States Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M106 Ruth Torres v. The Continental Apartments, et al. Texas Presumed Complete None